Balendra Shah will become the next Prime Minister of Nepal

¨     Balendra Shah will become the next Prime Minister of Nepal.

¨     His party, the Rashtriya Swatantra Party, has won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections.

¨   Balendra Shah defeated former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency.

¨     Oli is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).

¨  Balendra Shah first gained fame as a rapper. His songs focused on poverty and unemployment and criticized corruption in society.

¨    General elections were held in Nepal on March 5, 2026, to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives.

¨     The elections were called after youth protests in September 2025 forced the resignation of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli.